Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues

Album: Songs For The Daily Planet (1994)
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  • [Chorus]
    Hey, hey, my, my
    Rock and roll will never die
    Hang your hair down in your eye
    You'll make a million dollars

    Well I was in this band goin' nowhere fast
    We sent out demos but everybody passed
    So one day we finally took the plunge
    Moved out to Seattle to play some grunge
    Washington state that is
    Space needle
    Eddie vedder
    Mudhoney

    Now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts
    We turn our amps up until it hurts
    We've got bad attitudes and what's more
    When we play we stare straight down at the floor
    Wowee
    Pretty scary
    How pensive
    How totally alternative

    Now to fit in on the Seattle scene
    You've gotta do somethin' they ain't never seen
    So thinkin' up a gimmick one day
    We decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note
    Under any circumstances
    Silence
    Music's original alternative
    Root's grunge

    Well we spread the word through the underground
    That we were the hottest new thing in town
    The record guy came out to see us one day
    And just like always we didn't play
    It knocked him out
    He said he loved our work
    He said he loved our work but he wasn't sure if he could sell a record
    With nothing on it
    I said tell 'em we're from Seattle
    He advanced us two and a half million dollars

    [Chorus]

    Well they made us do a video but that wasn't tough
    'cause we just filmed ourselves smashin' stuff
    It was kinda weird 'cause there was no music
    But MTV said they'd love to use it

    The kids went wild, the kids went nuts
    Rolling stone gave us a five-star review said we played with guts
    We're scorin' chicks, takin' drugs
    Then we got asked to play MTV unplugged
    You should have seen it
    We went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions of the
    Electrical songs we had refused to record in the first place
    Then we smashed our shit

    Well we blew 'em away at the Grammy's show
    By refusing to play and refusing to go
    And then just when we thought fame would last forever
    Along come this band that wasn't even together
    Now that's alternative
    Now that's alternative to alternative
    I feel stupid
    And contagious

    Well our band got dropped and that ain't funny
    'cause we're all hooked on drugs but we're outta money
    So the other day I called up the band
    I said boys I've taken all I can
    Shave off your goatees
    Pack the van
    We're goin' back to Athens Writer/s: TODD SNIDER
    Publisher: KEITH SYKES MUSIC
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